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Jimi
Jimi

Reputation: 1845

Is there a way to download a specific version of Visual Studio 2019?

I'm currently facing some issues with the latest Visual Studio 2019 version (16.7.0) and I want to go back to a previous version, specifically 16.6.2. However on the VS website I can't find a place where to download a specific version of Visual Studio, so is there a way (even non official) to download this version?

Upvotes: 17

Views: 19148

Answers (5)

Christopher
Christopher

Reputation: 2256

For anyone else in same/similar boat as me - I needed Visual Studio 2019 Community in 2024 - these two below options worked for me. Note - I have a feeling someday one or both of these solutions will stop working if MS disables them somehow - but they're still working as of 5/2024.

1) Get VS2019 Community Installer from MS website

As of today appears still available for download: https://docs.microsoft.com/nb-no/visualstudio/releases/2019/system-requirements

2) Powershell Method

Part 1: Just get the VS2019 installer

# A) Specify the download URL for the Visual Studio 2019 Community edition offline installer
$url = "https://aka.ms/vs/16/release/vs_community.exe"

# B) Specify the path where you want to save the downloaded installer
$outputPath = "C:\temp\vs_community.exe"

# C) Download the file using Invoke-WebRequest
Invoke-WebRequest -Uri $url -OutFile $outputPath

Part 2: Also get the Full Offline Installer

(This is meant to be done after Part 1 above. Note: I didn't really need this but started it and it seems to work)

# (Must be in same folder as vs_community.exe)
# A) Specify where to put *ALL* the files for the full offline installer (?)
$layoutOutputPath = "C:\temp\VS2019CommunityLayout"

# B) Start the (long?) download process
Start-Process -FilePath "vs_community.exe" -ArgumentList "--layout $layoutOutputPath" -Wait

(Shout out to this guy on Reddit for small installer tip)

Upvotes: 7

Javier
Javier

Reputation: 2159

In case you need to install a specific version of the Community Edition you can download VS 20XX Professional Edition with the desired version and then, during installation, just select the Community Edition.

Steps:

  1. Download the installer with the required version (release history for VS2022)
  2. Open the installer and when the Workloads screen appears, close it to view the setup screen behind.
  3. On the setup screen go to the "Available" tab
  4. Choose the Community Edition (or the one you need...)

Upvotes: 5

Drew Noakes
Drew Noakes

Reputation: 310897

For VS2022, the list is here:

Upvotes: -1

Appi Devu
Appi Devu

Reputation: 43

you can download the older version of Visual studio 2019: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/releases/2019/history#installing-an-earlier-release

Upvotes: 0

Martheen
Martheen

Reputation: 5580

Officially, Microsoft provides older installer for VS 2019, but only the Enterprise, Professional, and Build Tools. Meanwhile Community edition

is only supported on the recommended latest release of the latest minor version of Visual Studio

So if you expect to be needing VS Community older version in the future, I suggest backing up the offline installer when they're released.

Upvotes: 12

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